#The Legend of Zelda is the winner of the Japan Sport Awards 2024

There’s no denying that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is among the finest and most profitable video video games launched in 2023, and it’s evident that players nonetheless acknowledge its prime quality to at the present time, late into 2024.

Japan’s Pc Leisure Provider’s Affiliation (higher referred to as CESA) just lately introduced all of the winners of the Japan Sport Awards 2024 throughout this yr’s Tokyo Sport Present, and, to the shock of many individuals, Tears of the Kingdom ended up successful not one, not two, however three totally different awards in what ended up being a wonderful evening for Nintendo.

Per Siliconera, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom received the Greatest Gross sales Award (which is smart, contemplating it bought greater than 19.5 million items), one in every of eleven Awards for Excellence and the Grand Award, which might be the equal to Sport of the Yr within the American Sport Awards. The director of the sport, Hidemaro Fujibayashi, and sequence producer, Eiji Aonuma, went as much as the stage with a view to thank CESA and take house their third and last statue.

These are removed from the one accolades that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom acquired since its preliminary launch on Might 12, 2023. It additionally received the award for Greatest Motion/Journey Sport in The Sport Awards 2023, it was named Greatest Journey Sport of the Yr within the twenty seventh Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, and it acquired an award for Technical Achievement in BAFTA’s twentieth British Academy Video games Awards. To not point out, Destructoid additionally named it the Greatest Total Sport of 2023.

The Legend of Zelda franchise is experiencing one in every of its finest moments

Nintendo has just lately opted for a format of yearly releases for The Legend of Zelda sequence and, to the shock of most followers, it ended up working extraordinarily effectively for each the corporate and the IP. From 2020 to 2024, it launched a slew of high quality titles, from long-awaited remasters like Skyward Sword HD to thrilling spin-offs, like Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity.

However, as the subsequent mainline entry, Tears of the Kingdom was certainly probably the most anticipated recreation within the sequence for a number of years and, happily for followers, it efficiently delivered on all of its guarantees. And if all that wasn’t sufficient, Nintendo just lately launched The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge, a inventive new recreation that’s already receiving optimistic evaluations all around the web. The Zelda franchise goes by one in every of its finest eras, and followers are actually having fun with it.